Master Transportation Plan Task 4: Gap Analysis and Needs Network
Policy Area
Notable Best Practices
Current Practices or Policy
Gap Areas and Recommendations
• Designs solutions tailored to specific issues and neighborhood context. • Uses a tiered system to match the severity of the problem with appropriate interventions. • Implements calming measures such as speed humps and cushions, chicanes and curb extensions, raised crosswalks and intersections, mini roundabouts, road diets (lane reductions), and enhanced pedestrian crossings. Ensures that traffic- calming measures do not disproportionately impact certain groups and that they improve accessibility for all users, including pedestrians, cyclists, and people with disabilities. • Pilots projects or temporary installations to help test solutions before permanent changes are made. • Ensures collaboration between transportation, public works, law enforcement, and planning departments to check that traffic calming measures are feasible, enforceable, and aligned with broader city goals. • Identifies climate hazards relevant to the region. • Maps vulnerable assets such as bridges, tunnels, and transit hubs. • Uses tools like GIS and climate modeling to assess exposure and sensitivity. • Sets resilience goals and identifies adaptation strategies. Integrates resilience into capital planning. • Monitors performance and climate impacts. • Updates infrastructure design and maintenance design standards to account for future climate conditions. • Uses nature-based solutions (e.g., green infrastructure) to manage stormwater and heat. • Prioritizes maintenance and retrofitting of critical infrastructure. • Embeds climate resilience in transportation master plans and zoning codes. • Establishes interagency coordination to align transportation, emergency management, and environmental planning. • Incorporates climate equity metrics into project evaluation. • Uses real-time data and smart infrastructure to monitor conditions and respond to disruptions. • Invests in resilient energy systems. • Ensures redundancy in critical routes and services.
• Fort Worth has reinstated its Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program for low-volume residential streets, focusing on appropriate interventions like speed cushions and lane narrowing. • The city has implemented striping changes and other low-cost, reversible interventions (e.g., narrowing lanes on Park Vista Boulevard) to test their effectiveness before committing to permanent infrastructure. • Residents must show two-thirds support from property owners on the block to qualify for calming devices, ensuring community buy-in.
• Expand beyond low-volume residential streets to include arterial roads or areas with significant pedestrian activity that also need calming. Despite adopting a Vision Zero goal, some of the most dangerous streets identified years ago remain hazardous, indicating a lag in implementation and enforcement.
Network Climate Resilience (Air, Land, Water)
• Fort Worth has made strides in urban forestry and green space expansion, including a tree protection ordinance and a 30 percent urban canopy goal. These efforts help manage stormwater and mitigate urban heat. • The city has adopted the Vision Zero strategy, aiming to eliminate traffic fatalities and improve equitable mobility through systemic changes in roadway design, speed management, and policy. • Fort Worth’s 2019 Environmental Master Plan includes strategies to improve air and water quality and reduce litter, laying a foundation for broader environmental resilience.
• Develop a formal climate action or resilience plan to systematically address climate hazards, emissions, and long-term adaptation. • Use GIS or climate modeling to assess transportation asset exposure to climate risks like flooding or extreme heat. • Update the city's infrastructure design or maintenance standards to reflect future climate conditions. • Use real-time data or smart systems to monitor transportation conditions or respond dynamically to disruptions. • Embed formalized climate equity metrics in transportation project evaluations. • Coordinate between transportation, emergency management, and environmental planning agencies.
www.MovingaMillion.org | transportation@fortworthtexas.gov page 111
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online